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How Basketball Influenced Me

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Playing Basketball has made me the person I am today. First of all, basketball requires discipline. Secondly, basketball is like a family away from your family. Finally, playing basketball has taught me respect. There are many things in my life that have shaped me into the young man I am, but basketball has been the most significant thing in my life. You could say basketball has made me the type of person that I am today because if you’re a student athlete you have to look a specific way like a leader. You have to make sure that you keep your grades up in all of your classes can’t have no type of Fs not even a D they encourage you to have a C+ or better, but eventually they’d want you to get that up also. If you go to a type of high school like Desert Hot Springs High School, and the basketball program you’re in is anything like ours you’d know first hand about the discipline our school is big on that. Season is fun we like to dress to impress not saying that other sports don’t like to but we like to wear suits. I’d say basketball is like a family away from your family because you have to get along with your …show more content…

All the adversities that I’ve been through in my life is also the reason. I’ve had plenty ups and downs especially hanging with some of my friends or my mother. Desert Hot Springs has turned into a place that I could call home. When I first was to come out here I hated it mostly because I didn’t know anyone all that well and it was a terrible experience starting over….. My mother wouldn’t let me go anywhere. Eventually I ended up doing basketball and met a lot of people who became family to me. Once I got the hang of this place I got used to it I would be happy to graduate from this place and make it out of here with sports and end up giving back to this city. Play sports for as long as you can it opens

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